Determining Braking Compound
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Determining Braking Compound
Running XP10/XP8 on Wilwood fronts and NA8 rears.
In hot weather, I notice that my braking action gets kind of rough (vibrations) and my transfer layers look splotchy. Recently, it's cooled down substantially and my braking action has really smoothed out with textbook transfer layers.
I think this means I should be stepping up the brake compound in hot weather, maybe go to XP12/XP10. Does that make sense? Anything else I should do to confirm (like temperature-sensitive paint)? What do you guys do to determine the right compound?
In hot weather, I notice that my braking action gets kind of rough (vibrations) and my transfer layers look splotchy. Recently, it's cooled down substantially and my braking action has really smoothed out with textbook transfer layers.
I think this means I should be stepping up the brake compound in hot weather, maybe go to XP12/XP10. Does that make sense? Anything else I should do to confirm (like temperature-sensitive paint)? What do you guys do to determine the right compound?
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Does CarboTech have a chart like this:
Compound Graph | Hawk Performance
or this:
http://www.hawkperformance.com/sites...nd%20Guide.pdf
Running at NOLA this weekend with DTC-60's up front. On Sunday when it was around 46 degrees, I taped up the brake ducts to try to get more heat in the brakes. I didn't really feel like I was getting as much out of the brakes as I wanted. I was thinking about moving to Hawk Blues or DTC-30's all around for cold weather.
Compound Graph | Hawk Performance
or this:
http://www.hawkperformance.com/sites...nd%20Guide.pdf
Running at NOLA this weekend with DTC-60's up front. On Sunday when it was around 46 degrees, I taped up the brake ducts to try to get more heat in the brakes. I didn't really feel like I was getting as much out of the brakes as I wanted. I was thinking about moving to Hawk Blues or DTC-30's all around for cold weather.
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